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sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
· 80
.nine men.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
.nine men.
do you believe in omens?
james
pink sky
slight dampness
hanging
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Jun 2022
· 96
.early hours.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
.early hours.
comes at night he said
the bleakness
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Jun 2022
· 119
. this & that .
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
. this & that .
some places we have only passed through
and if the history were told we may understand it different
than reality
these slower times I find more exploration yet only of the now with patches of this and that
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Jun 2022
· 119
.drop.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
.drop.
there a little cloud with teardrops
a wash of shadowed grey
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Jun 2022
· 77
.oh.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
.oh.
day of small things,
slowly steadily worked
as we rest the dust motes,
shine as gold.
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Jun 2022
· 68
. untitled .
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
. untitled .
some live
with ****** bombs
falling
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Jun 2022
· 102
. fear .
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
. fear .
here we only know fear
and hiding again it splits
in two
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Jun 2022
· 115
. repeated.
sonja benskin mesher
Jun 2022
. repeated.
adrift, will the sky at last explode, or will this hate
continue pointlessly, for thousand thousands years.
numbers that cannot describe each particle of pain.
each ****** bomb that kills yet again.
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May 2022
· 263
.shrapnel.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.shrapnel.
no sighs.
they have forgotten us. we have forgotten them.
are we now the bones of what we were?
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May 2022
· 68
..changes.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
..changes.
wrote of blood, yet did not share it much.
you may think we share our hidden thoughts,
yet some remain
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May 2022
· 126
. living alone.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. living alone.
did not tell no one,
that while out walking
thinking of you in ukraine
my feet tangled in debris and i fell flat.
my mind is broken yet my phone and glasses
remain intact
my knee bled. my hands to save me
scabbed. limped back to you.
you who bandaged
& fed me sweet things.
will continue to think of you in ukraine, to walk alone in solidarity.
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May 2022
· 238
.healing.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.healing.
having learned , the days will come longer soon. the sounds
softer.
once the day is dawn, the door is open, face the sky, all
comes well some days.
some days it does not, yet it still comes light. the falling
days end.
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May 2022
· 84
. the fall .
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. the fall .
speech
fails us.
simple notes. none rise higher than the one next.
to you, to me, this may not be
the acceptance
expected.
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May 2022
· 421
.they think.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.they think.
.quote.
they think they are right just because there are more of them
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May 2022
· 176
.peace.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.peace.
just stand and watch the season change, note the dew and separate ideas.
remember that you stand alone. are not alone from criticism and contradiction.
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May 2022
· 282
. trial .
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. trial .
liking rags
i move on
with differing
music
the trial by glass
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May 2022
· 75
.bread ends.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.bread ends.
oh.
it is decided after talking to the bear
and eating bread ends
that indeed you may take
what you wish as it is
not only ours
we want to help too
all of us one human heart
the bear noted it is a little
in these circumstances
thankyou
hopefully the bear may sleep a while
now
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May 2022
· 132
.gently gently.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.gently gently.
gently gently make those little
amendments
make things interesting
move it about
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May 2022
· 84
.focus.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.focus.
found a new way to focus
block out the bad
the negative thought
not many liked it yet
I knew I had learned some thing
valuable
something to remember
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May 2022
· 147
.sms.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.sms.
little bits of paper
shredded
&
kept
until useful
sms
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May 2022
· 83
.morning.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.morning.
the air moves
on my face.
i turn
look past the curtain
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May 2022
· 236
.sometimes i dream.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.sometimes i dream.
i sometimes sit and think of this, sometimes dream
in bed, often in yellow.
or blue which
covers the
land in places, my eyes smarting.
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May 2022
· 99
.war news.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.war news.
said he didn’t watch it much while things are unsettled
over there
a poor choice of word maybe
perhaps not alarmist.
we asked if he referred to the war
which we consider affects us all
he nodded then sat down in his garden chair
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May 2022
· 121
. and this.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. and this.
into the wild wood
feet plant into earth
again
skin sharp with lingered frost
dust motes sing my heart high
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May 2022
· 77
.news.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.news.
do we describe what we see or maybe
tell the tale inside
round the corner on the wall
are the bullet holes
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May 2022
· 69
.yesterday & today.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.yesterday & today.
yes
talked of this yesterday while walking
the neighbour on his bike, his mother
polish
my name from a refugee
the
trauma not shared
one is alone
&
it deepens
i take your words & use them
thankyou
numbers do have meaning
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May 2022
· 199
. now .
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. now .
we now descend into darkness,
drawn into night,
mistakes crossed, all can see
the errors ,the blots,that soak
the skin, the stain within.
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May 2022
· 231
.chaos.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.chaos.
one slip is all, one step too far, the world turns around . no control, no eating, disorder abounds. watch the ornaments fly…..
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May 2022
· 478
.starburst.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.starburst.
concentration gone,
move now one
paragraph at a time.
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May 2022
· 97
.presently.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.presently.
tidy beach
soft sand and honest stones
to be fortunate here
yet
some come to spoil things..
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May 2022
· 103
. hope.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. hope.
we find it when the rain stops,
light comes through. yesterday morning
looked nice.
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May 2022
· 298
. a darker day.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. a darker day.
the back road was
littered, rather blustery.
today
we have a darker day
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May 2022
· 78
.spring, penwith.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.spring, penwith.
ants in the kitchen will leave by easter. he said it should be on the same day each year; he is learned, pronounced as two bits.
do not fret, i know you worry, i will paint it over in the spring.
it is a long time since the sun shone in long and low like that.
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May 2022
· 468
.littled painting.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.littled painting.
see the softest looking clouds
wonder
if that is where that work came
from
and the joy of pink?
with gentle yellow
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May 2022
· 92
. crystals.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. crystals.
your words come different, while
with your question come forth
sense of
another world
metaphors, inuendos
a door into an other world
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May 2022
· 113
.thick skins.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.thick skins.
liked in potatoes called spuds
& maybe there was one
covering us
that wore away over years…
well never mind
they say and go get on with it
meanwhile I thought of you back then all those years ago
underlined
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May 2022
· 98
.island.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.island.
island.
island / n.1. a piece of land surrounded bywater
2. anything compared to an island,
especially being surrounded in some way
3. a detached or isolated thing
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May 2022
· 256
. predictions.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
. predictions.
tangled affair
too many people talking at once
it is a messy affair
paint smudges and runs
eventually all comes clear
one having the final say
predictions come and go
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May 2022
· 525
.deeper pool.
sonja benskin mesher
May 2022
.deeper pool.
tide comes up,
it will pool, deep and dark,
still, inviting.
deep waters to sooth pain,
that comes as the tide
now and then.
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Apr 2022
· 61
.oxford.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.oxford.
most mornings early before you were up or about we crept there with thoughts
to make little things of words, tiny secrets, never written out fully for that won’t do
one morning something crept sideways and we came out to look and what surrounded us
read the words and worried a week
then sadly we crept away….
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Apr 2022
· 72
.penwith.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.penwith.
was cool there,
we learned about protection,
quiet spaces.
there is an hierarchy, yet
some words remain faultless.
some need to be remembered
numbers came suddenly soon after one.
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Apr 2022
· 97
. remember.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
. remember.
the event that left one bereft
left and
then worked upon with thought and patience
may in time become something
something
useful
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Apr 2022
· 449
.and then.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.and then.
slight insertion of trees
with green
then the area comes more profound
the air cleaner
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Apr 2022
· 113
.the arrangement.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.the arrangement.
satisfactory arrangement
on the surface
as we know there is much below
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Apr 2022
· 89
.note.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.note.
painting everything white.
geese flew over.
the day moved slowly, and i find
the memories are not as you may think.
i have new ones.
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Apr 2022
· 108
.ink.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.ink.
the fall is abrupt and possibly dramatic
related to weight & gravity
like a
black ink line ruled sharply down
ending with an abrupt grand splatter
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Apr 2022
· 72
.more spots.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.more spots.
it has beautiful spots james
while i like any pattern that includes spots
and any embellishment that is bows you
know
yet
i don’t know why
only as i say that
i think i may do
i guess that is a story for another morning
james
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Apr 2022
· 89
.rustic menu.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.rustic menu.
though notice we don’t
discuss that so much
i could and
tell you of the plans and preparation
the ordering and menus here
but i don’t do i?
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Apr 2022
· 54
.politics.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.politics.
they talk about the news
current affairs
and i wonder if it is their anger
that keeps them going james
while i drink tea and look at birds
daily
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Apr 2022
· 158
.note.
sonja benskin mesher
Apr 2022
.note.
the coffee affair with pods and seasons is recordable
into a small book, a journal of morning feelings while
i use a spoon for instant gratification . the modern
is much improved on the old ways
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